Dispensing device for sheets of flexible material



Sept. 18, 1934; a M. BAXTE R DISPENSING DEVICE FOR SHEETS OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL Filed March 25, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 1%ENTOR.

BY 4% rad-5 ATTORNEYS Sept. 18, 1934. B. M. BAXTER DISPENSING DEVICE FOR SHEETS OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 25, 1932 'INVENTOR.

'KMQhdm BY ATTORNEYS {3-5: The above objects and other objects to which the tip inserted within the slot C so that the am Patented Sept. 18, 1934 211-1 Burke'M. Baxterg Middletown 'Ohio, sset to The Crystal Waxing Company, 1 .Middletown, V

01110, a corporation of Ohio v Q'Ap ii'eaiion March 25, 1932,,seriai'r'ib. 501,237

i 7 Claims. (o1; 2065-57) My invention relatesto dispensing devices for the'length of the portion A'and a Width which desheets of flexible material'suchas waxed or tis-' termines the width'of the finished package. 1 sue paper and the like and particularlyto a novel Articulated to the bottom wall D at the end container formed-for use as a dispensing package. opposite that to which the wall D is joined to the It is the object of my invention to provide a front Wall A, there is a back Wall E. i 60' container for a folded group of' fie'xible' sheets 'Articulated to the back wall E, there is a top which. container serves for retaining the sheets Wall F of substantially half the width of the botsubstantially fiatfor shipment but which may be tom wall D and articulated to the wall F is the opened out so as to provide a dispensing device stack subdividing wall G. 1

.10 which maybe suspended from a support and Out from the top wall F and the tuck-in subwhich will hold the sheets in such form that they dividing wall G is a cut-out tongue H having may be readily withdrawn. 7 I i preferably two apertures I, J subdvided by a score Another object of my invention is to'provide a line K. I dispensing carton which may be made from a In packaging theshee'ts such as are indicated 15' single 'cutTand scored blank andwhich blank will folded position at-L,the operator takes a dehavea wall'subdividing the-fold line between the sired number of sheets, backs themin front of sheets of flexible material packaged within the her on a-table and places the blank so that the container. i upper edge of the wallGextendsdown the'medium A further object of my invention is to provide line of the sheets. The uncovered edge of the 20 a blank'having an interlocking flap ortab which sheets are then folded in so that the ends of the maybe used for retainingthe walls of the consheets lie substantially in alignment with thetainer together when the package of sheets is line of articulation'between the top flap F and shipped. but which upon w'ithdraw'al; may be the divider-flap G. i utilized as a hanger by which the container may Theflap G then together with the folded sheets '25 be suspended so that the sheets will be held in are folded downove'r the back Wall E.- The front a position from lwliichlthey may be easily withflapaA is" then folded up to overlie the exposed drawn. halves of the sheets, the other halves of which A still further object of my invention is to are retained between the flaps G and E. The 7 provide a package of sheets having an outer conside sealing flaps M are then folded around from v :30? tainer holding the same which has a portion of the position shown in Figure 1 to the position 85. a wall which may be folded down so that end shown in Figures 2 and 3 and the sealing tabs edges of the sides of the sheets may be exposed O, P, are secured with adhesive to the back surin such position that they are readily grasped for face of the back wall E. withdrawing the sheets from the container. The attaching tongue H is then folded over and reference will be made in the ensuing disclosure, front, back and subdividing walls of the carton I accomplish by that certain combination and will retain the folded sheets in flat condition. arrangement of parts of which I have illustrated When it is desired to open up the carton for a preferred embodiment. dispensing, the interlocking tongue H is with- 2401 R f rring to h drawin s: drawn from the slot and the tip of the tongue is v Figure 1 is a p View Of a preferred type Of folded back so that the aperture J registers with blank. the aperture I. The tongue H then forms a Figure 2 is a perspective view of the closed conhanger by which the carton may be suspended tainer ready for shipment. from a nail or hook.

{45. Figure 3 is a perspective view of the container The portion B is then folded down in the posi- 10.0

in dispensing position with edges of the sheets tion shown in Figure 3 and the outwardly exexposed to facilitate their easy withdrawal from posed sheet of the folded sheets may be iththe container. drawn without tearing. It will be observed that The container has a front wall A having a poras the sheets are withdrawn, the subdividing wall '50. tion B joined to the main body of the portion A G keeps the sheets in stacked condition prevent- L05 by a line of articulation indicated at a,a. The ing the withdrawal of more than one sheet. portion B is provided with a slot C, the purpose The container thus formed and filled with of which will hereinafter be described. sheets finds a ready market as the container pro- Articulated to the portion A, there is a bottom vides both a carton for holding the sheets in -55" wall portion D having a length corresponding to folded position and also provides a dispensing 10 package which will permit the withdrawal of the sheets, sheet by sheet, without likelihood of more than one sheet being drawn out at a time.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A container for folded stacks of flexible sheets, said container formed from a cut and scored blank, and having a front wall substantially half the size of said sheets, a bottom wall, a back wall substantially one half the size or said sheets and a separating wall extendible Within the fold of the stacks of sheets, said front wall having an articulated portion which may be bent outwardly to expose outside'the body of said container, ends of said stacks'to permitthe separate withdrawal of the sheets of said stacks.

2. A container for folded stacks of flexible sheets, said container formed from a cut and scored blank, and having a front wall substantially'half the size of said sheets, a bottom wall, a back wall substantially one 'half the size of said sheets and a separating wall extendible within the fold of the stacks of sheets, said front wall having an articulated portion which may be bent outwardly to expose outside the body of said container, the ends of said stacks to permit the separate Withdrawal of the sheets of said stacks, said back wall and said front wall having interengaging means for holding the articulated portion of said front wall in position and thereby retaining the ends of said stacks within the body of said container.

3. A container for folded stacks of flexible sheets, said container formed from a cut and scored blank, and having a front wall substantially half the size of said sheets, a bottom wall, a back wall substantially one half the size of said sheets and a separating wall extendible with: in the fold of the stacks of sheets, said front wall having an articulated portion which may be bent outwardly to expose outside the body of said container, the ends of said stacks, to permit the separate withdrawal of the sheets of said stacks, said back wall and said front wall having interengaging means for holding the articulated porsheets in a single medially folded stack, one of said walls being bendable outwardly to expose end edges of said sheets.

5. A package of flexible sheets comprising retaining walls articulated together with one of said walls forming a divisional wall holding said sheets in a single medially folded stack, one of said walls being bendable outwardly to expose end edges of said sheets, said divisional wall extending clear into the fold of said stack so as to bear against the medial line of the inner sheet of said stack to facilitate the withdrawal of sheets one by one.

6. A package comprising a container and a stack of flexible sheets retained in an upright medial fold within saidcontainer, said container having an integral wall of half the size of said sheets inserted within the fold of said sheets to act as a retarding device to facilitate the withdrawal of sheets, said container having an integrally formed wall bendable outwardly to expose edges of said folded stack, and a locking tab for normally retaining said bendable wall in fiat position.

'7. A container for flexible sheets provided with enclosing walls of substantially half the size of said sheets and having means for retaining a stack of flexible sheets in an upright medial fold, said means further acting as a retarding device to facilitate the withdrawal of sheets singly, said enclosing walls being provided with an articulated flap bendable to expose edges of a stack of sheets retained thereby, and said walls having a cut out tongue for retaining said articulated flap in alignment with said enclosing walls.

BURKE M. BAXTER. 

